1.1.11
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.1.11
चेष्टेन्द्रियार्थाश्रयः शरीरम्
ceṣṭendriyārthāśrayaḥ śarīram
The line
The body is the seat of effort, of the senses, and of their objects.
नेपालीमा
शरीर प्रयत्न, इन्द्रिय र तिनका विषयको आश्रय हो।
Where it sits
śarīra (शरीर) from 1.1.9 is the word being defined. indriya and artha in the compound are the next two prameyas, named here before their own definitions.
Split: ceṣṭā-indriya-artha-āśrayaḥ (चेष्टा-इन्द्रिय-अर्थ-आश्रयः) + śarīram (शरीरम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ceṣṭā-indriya-artha-āśrayaḥ (चेष्टा-इन्द्रिय-अर्थ-आश्रयः) | nominative singular, masculine | the seat of effort, the senses, and objects |
| śarīram (शरीरम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the body |
The phrases
śarīra (शरीर) is defined by what it holds. ceṣṭā (चेष्टा) is bodily effort, the striving of 1.1.10 as it shows in movement. The senses sit in the body. The objects of those senses are met through the body.
āśraya (आश्रय) is the support, the place where those three are located. One compound covers all three supports. The body is that support.
Sanskrit in this line
āśrayaḥ (आश्रयः) is masculine and śarīram (शरीरम्) is neuter. The sūtra (सूत्र) still sets them as one definition. The masculine follows āśraya (आश्रय), the last member of the tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष).
Say it back
Gloss śarīra (शरीर) as ceṣṭendriyārthāśraya (चेष्टेन्द्रियार्थाश्रय).
Next
1.1.12. The senses are nose, tongue, eye, skin, and ear, and they come from the elements.